Cord holder and take-up for electric irons



Feb. 24. 1925.

P. W. PAYN E CORD HOLDER AND TAKE-UP FOR ELECTRIC IRONS Filed Oct. 6, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet l P M'rzston J dJ/IZQ ATTORN EY WITNESS:

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P. W. PAYNE v CORD HOLDER AND TAKE-UP FOR ELECTRIC IRQNS 4 Filed Oct. 6, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2' .P J Vzh 626022 pay/26 INVENTOR WITNESSj ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 24, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER WINSTON PAYNE, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

CORD HOLDER AND TAKE-UP FOR ELECTRIC IRONS.

Application filed 0ctober 6, 1924. Serial No. 742,065.

To (.125 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER WINSTON PAYNn'a citizen of the United States. residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented new and use Ful Improvements in Cord. Holders and Take-Ups for Electric Irons, of

which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is the provision of a simple. efficient and easily applied cord holder and take up for electric irons, and consists in the construction, novel combin-ation and adaptation of parts as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my novel holder and take up.

Figure 2 is adetail'back elevation showing a portion of the improvement.

Figure 3 is an elevation at right angles to Figure 1. v

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail View showing the weighted arm and the tube portion thereof.

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail section showing the connection of the electric coupling to the bracket.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawing.

I show in Figures 1. 2 and 3 an ironing board 1, and I also show a bracket 2, the said bracket having the offset portion 3 to receive the edge portion of the ironing board 1. and is equipped with a screw 4 to adjustably fix it to said ironing board. At its other end the bracket 2 is provided with a laterally aperturedarm 4 to receive the headed tube 5 employed in the connection of the lower member 6 of an electric coupling to the bracket 2, the member 6 receiving the other end of the tube 5 and being fixed thereon by a set screw 7. It will also be understood from Figures 1 and 2 that the coupling member 6 is possessed of thequalities of an electric switchso that at the will of the operator, an electric current may be supplied to and cut oil from the iron designated by 8 in Figure 1. The coupling member 6 is also adapted to serve as a socket to receive a plug 9 which may be, and preferably is, connected in conventional manner with house wiring (not shown).

From the couplin member 6, wiring 10 is carried downwar 1y through the tube 5 and is then carried through the tube 11 of my improvement and connected in the ordinary or any other approved manner to the iron 8.

The tube 11 is comprised in the weighted arm of my improvement, which arm is best shown'in Figure 4 and will be understood as havingv a pivot point 12 and a sleeve portion 13 opposite the said pivot point, the heel portion'of the tube 11 being arranged in the said sleeve portion 13 and the tube being secured on said sleeve portion by an annular nut 14 threaded on the rear end of the tube 11. The transverse aperture '12 of the weighted arm receives a pivot 15 by which the weighted arm is pivotally connected to the bracket 2. The pivot point 12 of the weighted arm is formed inthe major portion 16 of said arm, the said portion 16 being comparatively heavy so asto maintain the arm in the position shown in Figure 1 and so that the arm will tend when released, to automatically reassume such position.

In the practical use of my improvement, it will be manifest that the cord portion between the iron 8 and the tube 11 will at all times be maintained out of the way of the iron 8 and the hand of the operator; also, that the adaptability of the weighted arm to swing will permit of the iron having a large range of movement and yet, at all time the cord or wires between the arm "and the iron 8 will be maintained out of the way and will not be liable to become entangled.

An important feature of my invention resides in the facility with which the device as a whole may be installed, it being simply necessary to thread the wire connection leading from the coupling member or switch 6 through the tube 11 to the iron, and to insert the plug 9 in the socket portion of the member 6 when the iron will be ready for use.

It will also be apparent from the foregoing that my novel device is simple and inexpensive in construction and is free of delicate parts such as are likely to get out of,order, after a short period of time.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters- Patent, is

1. A cord holder and take up for electric bracket having a laterally apertured arm on its upper portion, a headed tube disposed in said apertured arm, a coupling member arranged on and secured to said tube and adapted'for plug connection with an electric cord; an arm pivoted on the bracket and having a comparatively heavy portion at one side of its center ofmovement and also having a sleeve opposite said center and a tube secured in said sleeve and extending forwardly theref om, and an electric connection connecte to said coupling member and extending through said tube in the bracket and also through the tube of the weighted arm and adapted to be electrically connected to an iron. v

2. In a cord holder and take up for electric irons, the combination of a bracket and a lever pivoted to and adapted to swing alongside the bracket, the said lever including a comparatively heavy portion at one side of the pivot ofthe lever, a longi tudinal sleeve on said heavy portion disposed on the opposite side of the pivot, a tube having a heel portion'arranged in said sleeve terminating in a threaded end, and an annular nut mounted on said end and engaging the rear'of said sleeve, and an abutment on said tube engaging the front of the sleeve.

3. .In a cord holder and take up for electric irons, the combination of a bracket, a combined electric coupling member and switch on said bracket, a weighted lever fulcrumed on the bracket and having a tubular portion open at both ends, and elec tric connections leading from said coupling member and switch through the tube of the lever and adapted to be connected to an electric iron.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

PETER WINSTON PAYNE. 

